Liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection for studying the effects of tetrahydrobiopterin on monoamine neurotransmitters in rat striatum

  • Wen Zhang
  • , Wei Zhu
  • , Haihong Xu
  • , Fangli Wan
  • , Jing Gu
  • , Jingen Han
  • , Litong Jin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH 4 ) is an essential co-factor in the biosynthesis of monoamine neurotransmitters. A nano-Pt/Pd modified electrode as the electrochemical detector (ED) for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with microanalysis sampling, is used to explore the effect of administration of BH 4 on the monoamine neurotransmitters in the rat striatum. The researches demonstrate that the contents of dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) increase significantly with the administration of BH 4 . The pharmaceutical kinetics is carried out to research into the time course of BH 4 effect on the concentration of monoamine neurotransmitters in rat striatum, which provides reliable data for pathology and pharmacology research on neuroscience.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)368-375
Number of pages8
JournalScience in China, Series B: Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2005

Keywords

  • BH
  • ED
  • HPLC
  • Microanalysis sampling
  • Monoamine neurotransmitter
  • Nano-Pt/Pd modified electrode

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